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The Field Museum connects all of us to the natural world and the human story. The Field Museum connects all of us the the natural world and the human story.
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Every day we contribute to groundbreaking scientific research thanks to almost 40 million specimens and objects in our collections and over 150 scientists on staff. 🌎

10/16/2026

Enter if you dare! 🎃😱

🍄 Embark on an Underground MISadventure with zombie fungi and other creepy-crawly characters.

🌱 Find your way through the Halloween Harvest Maze and learn about the plants that make our Halloween traditions come to life.

🦇Hunt for creepy-cool specimens hiding throughout the museum.

Don’t let spooky season slip away—Fright at the Field is here through Nov. 1. 😈

10/13/2026

FIRST LOOK: Newly Reimagined Halls of Africa and Ancient Egypt to Open in Spring 2028. 🌍🏛️

These galleries will trace the origins of humanity and explore Africa’s powerful and innovative civilizations, including ancient Egypt.

The Museum’s previous halls of Africa and Ancient Egypt were both opened more than 30 years ago. Now, the Field is embracing the opportunity to link the stories of this continent and create a newly immersive, engaging gallery experience.

🌎 The new halls will present themes that span the African continent, with a closer focus on several “destination” kingdoms and civilizations.
🌍 A spotlight on Great Zimbabwe (Dzimbabwe) will feature ongoing archaeological research on this important ancient site in present-day Zimbabwe.
🌍 The section on ancient Egypt will present the monumental 4,300-year-old tomb chapel of Netcher User, which has been hidden from view for four decades and will be carefully moved to the Museum’s main floor early next year.

10/12/2026

This year for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we welcomed:

🌎 Starr Chief Eagle and Delacina Chief Eagle to perform the rare tradition of Hoop Dancing.
🌎 Hoapili Ukulele, a band specializing in traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music.
🌎 Kalpulli Xinachtli Xochikalli, a group practicing the Nahua tradition of Mexico, as they perform mihtotillistli (Danza).

Each year, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an opportunity to recognize and honor the cultures, traditions, and ongoing contributions of Indigenous communities. It is also a moment to reflect on the histories that shape our world today and to celebrate the resilience of Indigenous peoples across the Americas and beyond. 🌎

10/09/2026

⚡️ Pokémon Fossil Museum: Omanyte, Omastar, and Ammonites

Though they can be restored using a restoration machine, Omanyte and Omastar are both extinct Pokémon. Their hefty shells make it difficult to move swiftly and catch prey—researchers think this is why they eventually died out.

🔵 Omanyte: This Pokémon uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water.

🔵 Omastar: The Evolution of Omanyte, Omastar’s sharp fangs can crush rock, but this Pokémon can only attack prey that comes within reach of its tentacles.

🔴 Ammonites: These real-world animals were cephalopods—like squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses—and lived inside the end of their shell. These mollusks had soft bodies and used their arms to capture their prey. The shells came in all shapes and sizes, with spines or ridges that may have helped them to defend against attacks.

Catch your tickets to the Pokémon Fossil Museum. ➡️ FieldMuseum.io/PokemonFossilMuseum

10/08/2026

Even busy beavers need to take a dam break once in a while. 🪵 🦫

If you're planning a trip to the Field, please note that the museum will be closed on Thursday, October 8, for a Staff Wellness Day. 🏛

We're looking forward to taking a breather before returning to sink our teeth into 4.5+ billion years of natural history with you. 💙

10/07/2026

An Improvised Musical Conversation 🎶

For Latin American Heritage Month, we welcomed La Esculita Bombera da Corazón for an energetic performance of Bomba.

Bomba is one of Puerto Rico's oldest genres of music, with roots dating back to the 17th century. This genre marries multiple cultures together through drum, song, and dance, with the dancer and lead drummer engaging in an improvised musical conversation.

10/06/2026

In space, no one can hear you scream. 👽🪐

At the museum, *EVERYONE* can hear you scream "WHAT IS THAT?" 😱🩻

No need to fear—these spooky specimens weren't brought here from a world beyond. They're actually earthly animals that have undergone a process called diaphonization, more commonly known as clearing and staining.

Scientists use this method to see an animal's skeleton in three dimensions, while keeping the specimen in one piece. First, they are soaked in different types of chemicals that remove tissue while leaving the collagen intact. The bones are then dyed red, and the cartilage blue, before the specimen is stored in glycerin.

10/05/2026

The Soul of the Stone 🪨✨

For generations, sculptors in Zimbabwe have been telling stories in stone. Often, the hands that cut the rock from the mountain are the same hands that carve, shape, and polish it into fine art.

The men and women at the forefront of this artistic tradition created the sculptures you see here. Their creativity is powerful enough to turn rock into art and reveal the Soul of the Stone.

On view at the Museum until Feb. 28, 2027.

10/01/2026

NOW OPEN: Underground MISadventure: Zombie Fungus 🍄🧟

Step into an immersive adventure, where you’ll meet a creepy, crawly cast of characters, including an ant infected with a zombie fungus! 🐜

This eerie experience will mix fun storytelling with surprising science, highlighting the weirdly fascinating world of fungi. 🍄‍🟫

As you explore Underground MISadventure: Zombie Fungus, you will encounter a diverse array of creepy mushrooms, including ones that are deadly poisonous and ones that are carnivorous! 🫟

09/30/2026

*Cough* *Cough* — Sorry, feeling a little horse today. 🤏🐎

Meet Protorohippus: an early horse about the size of a small dog. 🐕

This tiny mammal trotted around 52 million years ago during the early Eocene—and looked quite different from the horses we know today.

While modern horses have one toe, Protorohippus had four toes on each front foot and three on each back. Over millions of years, horses evolved away from all those extra toes.

Learn more about life after the asteroid in our special exhibition: After the Age of Dinosaurs ➡️ Fieldmuseum.io/visit

09/25/2026

⚡️ Pokémon Fossil Museum: Kabuto, Kabutops, Horseshoe Crabs, Trilobites, and Sea Scorpions

🔵 Kabuto: Kabuto lives on sandy shores and the seafloor, and it has four eyes: two small black eyes on its shell and two glowing red eyes on its body. It uses its smaller eyes to see when it’s burrowed in the ocean floor. Kabuto molts every three days, making its shell harder and harder.

🔵 Kabutops: Kabutops, is a fast swimmer and effective hunter in the water. Kabutops’s legs also show that it is beginning to adapt to life on land. Unlike other Fossil Pokémon with internal skeletons, Kabutops does not have bones in its body. Its hard exoskeleton, like you’d see on a horseshoe crab or lobster, supports it.

🔴 Horseshoe crabs: These real-world animals first walked across the seafloor around 445 million years ago, but we only know of one group that survived past the Triassic. Although they look similar to crabs, they are actually more closely related to scorpions and spiders. Horseshoe crabs get around by walking on the seafloor, but they do sometimes swim. Like Kabuto, horseshoe crabs have eyes in unexpected places. There are 10 eyes altogether.

🔴 Trilobites and Sea Scorpions: Kabuto and Kabutops also share similarities in their exoskeleton with the real-world fossils seen here that once lived along the ocean floor.

Catch your tickets to the Pokémon Fossil Museum. ➡️ 🔗 FieldMuseum.io/PokemonFossilMuseum

09/24/2026

Back in their day, Trilobites were among the most successful early animals on Earth. They lived along the seafloor where they crawled, burrowed, and scavenged for food, much like the bottom-dwelling animals of today. 🦀

Over their 270-million-year run on Earth, this diverse bunch evolved into the incredible variety of shapes, sizes, and features that you can see here. 👀

Think this is a lot? More than 20,000 species of these ancient arthropods have been described by scientists! 🦐

09/23/2026

The last of a flock. 🐦‍⬛

Before it went extinct, the Carolina Parakeet was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. Its range stretched from southern New York all the way west to Colorado, where it lived in wooded forests and swamps. 🌎

Carolina Parakeets nested in tree cavities and fed on fruit, buds, and seeds, using their strong beaks to crack them open. 🍓

These colorful birds were highly social and spent much of their time in large flocks. When one was injured or killed, the flock would often return to the bird, putting themselves at risk even when threats were nearby. 🕊️

The last known specimen died in a zoo in 1918, and the species was officially declared extinct in 1939. ⏰

Today, the only place you can see one of these beautiful birds is in a collection like ours, where specimens serve as an important record of the species that once filled the world around us. 🏛️

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1400 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL
60605

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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https://www.fieldmuseum.org/

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